Hi everyone. I downloaded some .tar.gz files of some programs i want to install (octave and others). After reading the info pages, this is what i undestand: i.- first i must "untar" the archives using something like tarz
filename; ii.- then run make. This i believe will compile the files. iii.- run configure. this will configure what i compiled. Now the question:
i.- When i untar the archives, they will not be on the right directories where they should be (or so i understand). ¿how do i fix this? the files should be in certains directories! for example, the info files should not be in my home directory (right?)
ii.- should i just type ./make ? don't i have to write anything after the command? and the same question for ./configure...
¿does make and configure put the files where they should be?
I'm sorry if i took unnecesary time from you... there has to be a how-to about this, but couldn't find it. If so, ¿where is it? I haven't tried the secuence i described, for i have little Experience and didn't want to mess up the system... don't like to do things as root if i'm not sure
Thanks is advance.